Cemal Kütahya
Appearance
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Cemal Kütahya (6 December 1990 – 6 February 2023) was a Turkish handball player. He was captain of the Turkey national team.
Death
[edit]Kütahya died alongside his five-year-old son in Antakya when the complex he lived in, Rönesans Rezidans, collapsed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. He was 32.[1] His pregnant wife and his mother-in-law were trapped in the debris and have not been found.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Handball trauert um türkischen Kapitän Kütahya". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ ""Deprem Felaketi: Rönesans Rezidans'ta Kaybolan Anne Ve Kızı İçin Yakınları 'Sanki Yer Yarıldı, İçine Girdiler' Diyor" - Can Kütahya" (in Turkish). 1 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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Categories:
- 1990 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Antakya
- Turkish male handball players
- Victims of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Turkish sportspeople stubs
- Asian handball biography stubs
- European handball biography stubs